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Bitter harvest: Malaysian palm oil farmers face labour crunch
Overripe palm oil fruits hang untouched in trees while others lie rotting scattered around a plantation, as Malaysian farmers reap the bitter harvest of a severe labour shortage. "A lot of bunches of fruit are rotting on the trees," Suzaidee Rajan, 47, who owns a 300-acre (120-hectare) plantation in Ijok, central Selangor state, told AFP. "We usually harvest twice a month.
Eye-popping: Saudi prince unveils mirrored skyscraper eco-city
A futuristic Saudi megacity is to feature two skyscrapers extending across a swathe of desert and mountain terrain, according to the latest disclosures on the project by the kingdom's de facto ruler.
Most Asian markets down as Fed prepares latest hike
Stocks fell Wednesday as recession fears returned to the forefront of traders' minds ahead of an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike later in the day. All eyes are now on the Fed meeting, which concludes Wednesday and is followed Thursday by second-quarter economic growth figures.
Japan eSports players with disabilities shoot down stereotypes
Street Fighter player Shunya Hatakeyama has muscular dystrophy, so he uses his chin to launch devastating combos. - Custom controller - Hatakeyama was born with degenerative muscular dystrophy and has used a wheelchair since he was about six years old.
Fighter jets and warships: Russians get a taste of Crimea summer vacation
Russian tourist Alexandra Rumyantseva is tanning on a beach in Moscow-annexed Crimea, not far away from the front lines of Ukraine's eastern and southern territories. But even getting to Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014 and a popular beach destination, is difficult.
7.1-magnitude earthquake hits northern Philippines: USGS
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the northern Philippines Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, shattering windows of buildings at the epicentre and shaking high-rise towers more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) away in the capital Manila. In 1990, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the northern Philippines created a ground rupture stretching over a hundred kilometres.
Commonwealth Games defy doomsayers to remain afloat
The Commonwealth Games are sometimes seen as a quirky relic in the modern sporting calender but former International Olympic Committee (IOC) marketing chief Michael Payne says they have consistently defied the doomsayers. Payne, credited with transforming the IOC brand and finances through sponsorship, said the Commonwealth Games had shown remarkable resilience over the decades.
Peru's Castillo marks one year in power in crosshairs of Congress, prosecutors
Almost as soon as he took office a year ago on Thursday, leftist rural schoolteacher Pedro Castillo found himself under fire. Gonzalez was fired after authorizing a special unit to arrest allies of Castillo.
Fed poised to attack inflation with another interest rate hike
The Federal Reserve is set to announce another big interest rate increase on Wednesday, the fourth this year, in its ongoing battle to tamp down price pressures that have been squeezing American families.
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